OIL
Radioactive waste on the N.D. monitor
WILLISTON, N.D. Landfill employees here discovered at least two hot loads this week, illustrating why a group of North Dakota citizens is worried about the proper disposal of radioactive waste that ...
Posted on 5/18/13 at 12:03 AM
Managing the Kids While Your Husband is Away
How many times has someone told you, "I don't know how you do it!" and you just laugh it off and say it's not that bad. What they don't know is that you are quite possibly on the verge of a breakdow...
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:21 AM
Real Oilfield Wives and more new blogs!
It's been awhile since I've given you my recommendations for new blogs to check out here on Areavoices. But three new blogs have crossed my path and I felt compelled to share them. The first is calle...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:01 PM
On his final ride, Harold Ennis, 94, 'smiled all the way'
By Mike Brue On a pleasant August day this year, Harold Ennis got a good, long look at the miles of northwest North Dakota countrysidearound Tagus,the now-unincorporated North Dakotatown wher...
Posted on 12/17/12 at 11:02 PM
Smoke and Mirrors
The worst part of living in the Bakken are the complaints about it. I get rubbed the wrong way when I hear people say things like, I cried all day the very first day I came! or I cry almost EVERY day...
Posted on 12/13/12 at 12:58 PM
Delegation opposes proposed rule
North Dakota’s congressional delegation doesn’t like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.May 18, 2013
Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
By BY Matthew Daly,Associated Press , May 17, 2013
Helms: Keystone XL would save lives
By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 16, 2013
Ethanol plant now stores N.D. crude
An ethanol plant on the Columbia River that was built with the help of $36 million in Oregon state loans and tax credits is now being used to store and ship crude oil from North Dakota.May 15, 2013
U.S. boom transforming global oil market
The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market.By By Jonathan Fahey, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
BLM lease sale nets $644K on acres in Mont, ND
A federal auction of oil and gas leases in Montana and North Dakota brought in $644,000 from the sale of 32 parcels in Montana and North Dakota.By Associated Press , May 09, 2013
Scenic, struggling S. Illinois braces for oil rush
VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps.By Tammy Webber, Associated Press , May 05, 2013
Jury finds defendants guilty in Bakken oil scam
The four remaining defendants in a Bakken oil leasing scam that duped unwitting investors across the country out of hundreds of thousands of dollars were found guilty on most charges on Wednesday by a Montana jury.By Associated Press , May 01, 2013
More oil: USGS doubles estimate for oil that can be taken from Williston Basin
By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 01, 2013
FracFocus site criticized in report
The website North Dakota and several other states use to monitor hydraulic fracturing has too many flaws to be effective, says a new report from Harvard Law School.By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , April 25, 2013
North Dakota February oil production sets record
The Department of Mineral Resources says North Dakota pumped a record number of barrels of oil daily in February.April 17, 2013
New city proposed in western ND oil patch
A group that helped incorporate a new city in western South Dakota eight years ago might now do the same in western North Dakota's booming oil patch.April 17, 2013
'Big surge' expected in oil production in N.D.
Oil companies operating in North Dakota are keeping the brakes on this spring, but a “big surge in production” is expected this summer and fall, the director of the Department of Mineral Resources said Tuesday. Lynn Helms said he expects the drilling rig count will increase from today’s count of 186 to 198 this summer, bringing as many as 2,000 more workers to Oil Patch communities.By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , April 17, 2013
Environmentalists reach accord with MN refinery
Environmental groups and Flint Hills Resources announced an agreement Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions and smog-forming air pollution from the company's planned upgrade at Minnesota's largest oil refinery.By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
Oil falls 2 percent, gas prices to keep dropping
Signs that the global economy isn't strong enough to quickly burn through the world's ample supplies of oil and gasoline sank crude oil prices for a second straight day.By Associated Press , April 12, 2013
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